A Year of Good Food – Espresso chocolate ice creams

After seven years living 26kms from the nearest cafe, I finally have a coffee machine here on the farm, and it is heaven. Just last week we brought home our new baby, a gorgeous red Lavazza Electrolux A Modo Mio coffee machine and it’s love. The neat little machine makes a really gorgeous flat white (my usual order) and espresso (Tim’s), and it uses pods, which is perfect for us as we don’t always make it in to town every day and can’t always have freshly ground coffee on hand. So all week Tim and I have have been overdosing on flat whites, espressos and lattes and am also making a fair few puddings with coffee as the star feature. Like this one below.

Finally winter has arrived here in Orange and the days and nights are bitterly cold. So, it might seem odd that this post is all about ice cream. But the espresso chocolate sauce is warm and because we are in mid-comfort food season, it is nice to end a meal with something cool.

Espresso, chocolate and amaretti ice creams

Serves 4-6

This little dessert is just beautiful and takes about 10 minutes to make. It’s great served in little cups or glass bowls and goes a long way when you have a bit of a crowd at the table.

Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring just to boiling point. Stir through the coffee and the chocolate pieces and stir until the chocolate has melted and the sauce is lovely, smooth and dark. Let cool and thicken a little then pour over ice cream and scatter with the crushed biscuits.